Portraits in Moonlight
Publication: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1964. First Edition.
Notes: Stories from Weird Tales and other periodicals.
1987 copies. [x], 214 pages. Jacket art by Frank Utpatel.
Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, 77; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, 83.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first and only Arkham House printing). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a half-inch snag and tear with ink loss at the top of the spine. With the Lovecraft-inspired letterpress bookplate of the James Strand estate on the front pastedown.
This copy came from the important Arkham House collection assembled by James Strand of Portland, Oregon. After his death, in August 2023, his house was looted and most of his books were stolen. Some were subsequently recovered by the FBI. This book was among those not taken by thieves.
Item No: #366123
Price: $75